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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

RIP John Kemeny

John Kemeny, a giant of Canadian film, dies at 87.

John Kemeny, who received a Best Picture Oscar nomination
for his work as a producer on the 1980 film "Atlantic City", died
Friday November 23, 2012 after a long illness in Sedona, Arizona. He was 87.
Kemeny worked as a producer, editor, director and writer over the course of his
decades-long career. In addition to "Atlantic City", his film credits
include "Quest For Fire" (1981), "The Boy In Blue" (1986),
"Ice Castles" (1978), and "The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz"
(1974). Kemeny also shared Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding
Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries for "The Josephine Baker Story"
(1991) and Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special for "Murderers Among Us: The
Simon Wiesenthal Story" (1989). Kemeny also served as a producer for HBO
and was one of the co-founders of Alliance Communications, a former
Canadian-based movie distribution company.

About Me

Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1946 I have a BA degree in American History from Cal St. Northridge. I've been researching the American West and western films since the early 1980s and visiting filming sites in Spain and the U.S.A. Elected a member of the Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame 2010.